The 1898
Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organ ...
was the 7th season of top division
football in Argentina
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. It was won by
Lomas
''Lomas'' (Spanish for "hills"), also called fog oases and mist oases, are areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile. About 100 lomas near the Pacific Ocean are identified between 5°S and 30°S latitude, a ...
, achieving its 5th Argentine championship in 6 seasons. The runner-up was
Lobos
Lobos is the headquarters city of the Lobos Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded on 2 June 1802 by José Salgado.
Background
Located from Buenos Aires, Lobos is a fertile agricultural area known mainly because of the d ...
.
Flores AC and
Belgrano AC "B" left the championship, being replaced by Lobos -which returned to the Association- and new team United Banks.
Primera división
Final standings
Championship playoff
Lomas
''Lomas'' (Spanish for "hills"), also called fog oases and mist oases, are areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile. About 100 lomas near the Pacific Ocean are identified between 5°S and 30°S latitude, a ...
and
Lobos
Lobos is the headquarters city of the Lobos Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded on 2 June 1802 by José Salgado.
Background
Located from Buenos Aires, Lobos is a fertile agricultural area known mainly because of the d ...
finished first with 20 points each so they had to play a match to define a champion. After the first game was declared null by the Association attending to a request by Lobos, a second match was played, with Lomas winning the title.
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Rematch
References
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Argentine Primera División seasons
1898 in Argentine football
1898 in South American football